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Durham County Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Durham County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

12,600Searchable applications

970Recorded as pending

95%Approval rate · 10,107 approved or refused records

519Refused applications

9,588 approved · 519 refused · 484 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning Planning applications and advice.Contact planning Planning advice and enquiries

Council contacts

Planning enquiries03000262830 Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas92 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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More application records

DecidedDM/25/02341/PA56
Prior approval for the erection of agricultural building for storage of feed and machinery pursuant to DM/25/02000/PNA
Battle Hill Farm Lartington Barnard Castle DL12 9DL
Received 22 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02343/FPA
Installation of new DNO sub station
Unit 5 Sunflag Park Belmont Industrial Estate Durham DH1 1TN
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02344/FPA
Change of use from seminar and lecture rooms (use class F1) to dwellinghouse (C3).
26 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HY
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02345/LB
Replacement of rear windows, repair to front elevation windows and internal alterations.
26 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HY
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02346/TCA
T1. Magnolia - trimmed and shaped
4 Orchard Drive Durham DH1 1LA
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02347/DRC
Discharge of condition 3 (construction management plan) pursuant to DM/24/03452/FPA relating to the storage element.
Site Of Former Bede House St Cuthberts Way Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6DX
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02348/FPA
Erection of single-storey porch extension to the front, and single-storey extension to the rear (amended proposal)
4 The Dene Chester Moor Chester-le-street DH2 3TB
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02349/FPA
Single storey rear extension, construction of a new base to the bay window to front of the property
2 Wooley Meadows Stanley Crook Crook DL15 9UE
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02350/FPA
Formation of opening in wall into Parrock; installation of timber field gate and posts; creation of dropped kerb (partly retrospective).
Briar Barn Briar Hill Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland DL13 1EL
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02351/HPN
Prior notification application for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a projection of 6 metres, an eaves height of 2.15 metres and a total height of 3.41 metres.
10 Barnsley Way Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 0TW
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02352/FPA
Proposed detached garage and main house extension including ground and first floor internal reconfiguration
Hammer Square House Hammer Square Bank Beamish Stanley DH9 0RT
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02353/DRC
Discharge of Condition 4 (Compensatory Mitigation Scheme) pursuant to prior notification DM/25/01955/PND
Stanley Board School Front Street Stanley DH9 0SU
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02354/FPA
Retention of metal railings on roof
11 - 13 Trafalgar Street Consett DH8 5AP
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02355/FPA
Two storey side and rear extension
149 Braunespath Estate New Brancepeth Durham DH7 7JQ
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02357/FPA
Conversion of former out-building and infill in rear yard to form a habitable room
2 Barrington Street Toronto Bishop Auckland DL14 7SA
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02358/FPA
Single storey side and rear extension and garage conversion
14 Glenmere Spennymoor DL16 6UR
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02359/PNA
Prior Notification under Class A of Part 6 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for erection of agricultural building for machinery, workshop and to house livestock.
Peake Hole Barningham Richmond DL11 7DZ
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02360/FPA
Retention and erection of 1.5m fence and posts
23 Front Street Croxdale Durham DH6 5HY
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02361/LB
Retention and erection of fence 1.5m fence
23 Front Street Croxdale Durham DH6 5HY
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02362/TPO
T146. Willow - Pollard to 6m and T162. Sycamore - Remove major deadwood(amended description)
Car Park University Hospital Of North Durham North Road Durham DH1 5TW
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02363/TCA
T1 - Willow - remove dead wood and reduce size and spread of crown by 2-3m to reduce imbalance and asymmetry, T2 - Weeping Ash - remove all dead wood, T3 - Sycamore - remove 2no rubbing branch and dead wood, T4 - Beech - crown lift and dead wood, T5 - Sycamore - dead wood and crown lift off pond area, T6 - Sycamore - dead wood and remove large hanger, G1 - dead wood, lateral prune of higher branches and crown lift off road side plus clearing of windthrown Horse Chestnut - T7 and T8 - Cherry - pruning of snapped limb (amended description)
Castle View Church Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AQ
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02364/TPO
T2 oak tree - Reduce lower limb encroaching garden over shrub area, reduce lower limb by 1.5 meters going towards conifer and road
5 Durham Road Bishop Auckland DL14 7HU
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02365/HPN
The erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.5m, for which the maximum height would be 3.6m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.8m
12 Sycamore Road Cornforth Ferryhill DL17 9ER
Received 26 Aug 2025
DecidedDM/25/02366/TPO
Proposed tree works involving works including crown-lifting, pruning and dead wooding to individual and groups of trees and the felling of 1no. conifer, 1no. ash, 1no. hawthorn, and self-seeded ash trees within identified group.
St Leonards Catholic School North End Durham DH1 4NG
Received 26 Aug 2025

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Durham County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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